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Canongate Tolbooth
Canongate Tolbooth
LocationOld Town, Edinburgh
Coordinates55°57′05″N 3°10′48″W / 55.9515°N 3.1800°W / 55.9515; -3.1800
Built1591
Architectural style(s)Scottish medieval style
Listed Building – Category A
Official name163 Canongate, Canongate Tolbooth
Designated14 December 1970
Reference no.LB27582
Canongate Tolbooth is located in Edinburgh
Canongate Tolbooth
Shown in Edinburgh

Canongate Tolbooth is a historic landmark of the Old Town area of Edinburgh, built in 1591 as a tolbooth, that is, the centre of administration and justice of the then separate burgh of the Canongate which was outside the Edinburgh town walls.[1] It ceased to be a municipal building in 1856 and it is now occupied by The People's Story Museum and is protected as a category A listed building.[2]

  1. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Edinburgh, 163 Canongate, Canongate Tolbooth, City Museum (52527)". Canmore. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "163 Canongate, Canongate Tolbooth (Category A Listed Building) (LB27582)". Retrieved 28 March 2019.

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